Instrument makers combine craft and astronomy

The merger was also observed with electromagnetic instruments, launching a coordinated campaign.

A brief gamma-ray signal arrived shortly after the gravitational waves, linking two forms of observation.

The combined observations connected gravitational waves with light from the same distant event.

The article explains how moving plates and engraved scales model the visible sky for particular latitudes.

Users could solve problems involving stars, sunrise, direction, calendars and the hours of prayer.

They expanded astrolabe theory, manufacture and uses before the instrument circulated further through Africa, Asia and Europe.

The 64-dish radio telescope officially opened near Carnarvon in the Northern Cape.

The observatory unveiled a striking radio image of the central region of our galaxy.

The inauguration marked a major South African contribution to global astronomy.

The array became a precursor to the wider Square Kilometre Array observatory.